Tsunamis tourism: By marketing disaster, a struggling California town hopes to recover economically

In 1964, Crescent City earned the nickname Comeback Town, USA, after a tsunami killed 11 people and destroyed 29 city blocks, forever transforming downtown. Some say a comeback never really came. Since then, tsunamis repeatedly have wrecked the harbor and the economy. (Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times)